Among my friends I am known as the 'hermit' of the group. Often choosing a night relaxing by myself rather than getting every one of us together. Now, this isn't because I actually don't like my friends, I would say it's down to my job. Working in recruitment I speak to many people day in, day out, building a number of different relationships and at the end of the day when it finally comes to a bit of 'me time', I want nothing more than to enjoy my own company as I actually get on really well with myself...

The below article adds some scientific reasoning behind people like me wanting to spend more of their spare time alone. To put it simply, I'm clearly a genius.

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In a paper published in the British Journal of Psychology, researchers Norman Li and Satoshi Kanazawa report that highly intelligent people experience lower life satisfaction when they socialize with friends more frequently. These are the Sherlocks and the Newt Scamanders of the world — the very intelligent few who would be happier if they were left alone.